Quick, name a player who is on a National Football League practice squad other than Michael Sam. Unless you are a professional football geek, or a player from your college alma mater is on a 10-member scout squad, you don't know any.
Now ask yourself this question, "Why do you know Michael Sam?" It is because he publically announced his homosexual lifestyle following his senior season at the University of Missouri. It was reported that Sam told his teammates prior to the beginning of the 2013 season.
I submit to you if Sam were heterosexual, most of America would not know his name. The news would not track his progress and, of course, no activist organization would trumpet his story. If it were not known he is homosexual, you certainly would not know that the Dallas Cowboys recently placed Sam on their practice squad after he was released by the St. Louis Rams....